[s-cars] No Brake Assist

[Tom Green]

Way to go, Fred.  Now if J R  (who is J R ? ) hasn't run the pump too  
much without lubrication
this little episode should be over.  There is the slight chance that  
something popped out of the
x-plug socket, but it usually hits the person in the eye.  The pump is  
unforgiving of even a brief
period of operation without lubrication- cross fingers.

For Bob and his obsession with the accumulator, that was a worthy  
treatise on the operation
of the bomb, however you totally ignored the fact that the bomb is not  
needed with a good
hydraulic pump.  It just takes longer to build up operating pressure.

Tom '95 S6
          '95.5 S6 avant
Knoxville, TN

On Saturday October 23, 2010, at 5:29 PM, Fred Munro <munrof at sympatico.ca 
 > wrote:

> When you replace the X-plug the pump can get air-bound and won't  
> pump unless
> you bleed out the air. Pump the brakes with the engine off to make  
> sure the
> bomb is discharged, and then push on the brake pedal as hard as you  
> can,
> start the engine, and let it run while keeping the brake pedal  
> depressed.
> This will bleed the air out through the brake servo into the  
> reservoir.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Fred Munro
> '97 S6
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of chris chambers
> Sent: October 23, 2010 4:39 PM
> To: audiurs4 at gmail.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] No Brake Assist
>
> Did you lose the "cap" or spring, or reinstall incorrectly?
>
> On Sat Oct 23rd, 2010 3:47 PM EDT J R wrote:
>
>> I replaced my alternator and the X-Plug on my PS pump, and ever  
>> since I
> have
>> no brake assist at all.  The brake light is on all the time.  The  
>> pedal is
>> as hard as a rock and it is very very hard to stop the car.  Power  
>> steering
>> is fine.  PS and brake fluid levels are fine.  Anyone have any idea  
>> what I
>> might have bumped, broken or done wrong that would cause this?